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That is part of my point: most people's brains dwell on the negative things. Notice how I did not say "but I am still up over $1,000 so far." Surely that negates the impact of 4 meaningless (in the grand scheme of things) trades.
Let's flip the whole situation. Let's say I lost money overall so far. Would I also be saying: "but on each of the 4 start dates, I made money, so I am happy?" Probably not.
There is an important lesson here for everyone, especially if you tend to dwell on the negative.
Sorry for the lack of updates. The next big update will be at the end of this week.
Only a few trades since the last post. A nice winner today. Still at one contract size, but pretty close (about $200) to adding on a second contract.
Regarding holidays, I treat that as "trade just how you test." In this case, I tested with trading during holiday periods, so I will be real money trading during holiday period.
There are some funky things that occur during this period, though, so I certainly understand anyone who doesn't trade during this time. Hopefully, they excluded the year end holiday period from testing.
Week 18 is in the books. Profitable week, but I am still only trading 1 contract. Currently tracking at a 42% annual rate of return, which is OK, but well below expectations.
Happy New Year to you, too @Bigmike, and to everyone else following this journal.
Right now, I have completed week 20 of live trading. Since the last 2 weeks had a few holidays in them, there was not much trading. But, the system managed to sneak a couple of losses in, so the past 2 weeks were downer.
Overall, still running below expectations.
Still trading 1 contract. Once equity gets above approx $10,100, I will trade 2 contracts.
After 20 weeks, I am up 9.1%. That equates to a 23.7% annual rate of return. Very unspectacular.
congrats on running the system live this far long. Considering this is a long term endeavor, actually a chosen profession, the 23.7% annual rate of return on the initial 20 week long only window is pretty good, considering your historic trading equity curve had few months long flat periods.
For what it's worth, your work has been motivating and encouraging for trader wannabe like myself.